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Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "On Ice" is a Disney cartoon from 1935 that features some of the company's most known like Ben Sharpsteen a while before his Oscar wins and voice actors Disney, Nash, Colvig and Garner. This one here is already over 80 years old and even if it may have color, you can see from the characters' looks that this is a very old one as the gang is far from their final form here visually. The plot is very symbolic for cartoons from that time because first of all every character gets their introduction and then the story slowly moves them towards each other with eventually everybody (except Minnie) being united, even if an almost-catastrophe is the reason for that. Sadly the second half of this cartoon was so weak that it clearly shows they were running out of material as this one is a minute longer than they usually are. Only Goofy hitting Donald at the very end was somewhat funny and I liked how forgiving Pluto is too. Earlier on Mickey's (very elastic) introduction as well as Goofy's maybe too were worth seeing, but all in all it wasn't enough for a positive recommendation, even (or especially) for me as a cartoon lover. Watch something else instead.

MartinHafer This cartoon STILL is a great looking cartoon nearly 80 years later! Yes, despite coming out in the mid-1930s, the quality of the animation and gorgeous Technicolor make this a timeless classic.The film is set during the winter and all the favorite Disney characters of the day are in the short--Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy and even Clarabelle and Horace! The characters get into all sorts of trouble while ice skating--and the film is jam-packed full of cute vignettes and laughs that still hold up today! Well worth seeing and a great representation of the best Disney was capable of in the day. In fact, compared to Disney shorts of the 40s and 50s, this one is actually superior overall--especially because of the great backgrounds.

utgard14 Gorgeous Technicolor Disney short that features all their big characters from the time. I can't stress enough how rich the colors are and how lovely this is to look at. There's basically three separate stories that all take place at the same time on a frozen lake where everybody is skating. One story has Mickey Mouse helping Minnie learn how to ice skate. This is amusing and fun. Another story has Goofy ice fishing using tobacco! Things don't go as planned. Wait until you see this. The third story is about Donald Duck pranking Pluto by putting ice skates on him and getting him out onto the ice, where naturally the poor dog slips and slides all over. Then Donald gets tangled up with a kite and is pulled towards a waterfall. Everything comes together then with comical results as Mickey has to save Donald. This is a very fun cartoon short that will make any Disney fan happy. I enjoyed the Goofy part a lot but most people will probably get the biggest kick out of Donald's antics.

Ron Oliver A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.Mickey, Minnie & friends are enjoying their afternoon ON ICE - until prankster Donald Duck suddenly finds himself in terrible peril...Plenty of action & humor make this one of the Mouse's best cartoons and he generously shares the spotlight with his costars. Pluto's trouble on the slippery surface is great fun, but Goofy's attempts at ice fishing are hilarious. Sharp-eyed viewers will spot a mistake during the opening shot when Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow are in the foreground for a few seconds - at the same time they can also be spotted in the background as part of the large group of skaters darting about. Walt Disney supplies Mickey's squeaky voice, while Clarence "Ducky" Nash does the honors for Donald.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.